About Edu-c8

Dawn Miller Donkin established Edu-c8 Inspired Training to make a positive difference to people’s lives though training and education. Dawn has 20 years experience of working in mental health care alongside health and social care sectors. This invaluable knowledge reflects the quality of Edu-c8’s training courses

Dawn has built a team of like-minded qualified trainers, who have a wealth of knowledge and are just as enthusiastic about the sectors they work and teach in. Alongside Edu-c8 specialist team of mental health trainers we can provide health and social care workplace training.

We are based in Bedfordshire, our team covers the UK

Edu-c8 Training Director Dawn Miller Donkin

Dawn is an experienced trainer and director of Edu-c8 Inspired Training. Dawn is committed to providing quality training and workshops for employers, managers and employees. The training will inspire organisations and individuals to enhance the wellbeing and quality of life of people who use their services within a variety of sectors including: Health and social care, local authorities, housing associations, charities, private and commercial organisations.

Dawn worked in the health and social care sector for over 20 years, predominantly in residential care homes and supported living services for adults with learning disabilities and mental illness. For many years Dawn was a registered home manager.

Since leaving the health and social care sector Dawn has worked with a national training provider. This enabled her to share a wealth of experience and knowledge developing and delivering courses.

Dawn established edu-c8 in 2017. Through personal experience and working with people with a dual diagnosis of Learning disabilities and Mental illness Dawn has many specialists subjects, including mental health awareness, learning disability awareness, autism awareness, epilepsy, Prader-Willi-syndrome and behaviours that challenge.

Dawn is passionate about raising awareness about mental health and wellbeing and to help reduce the stigma and discrimination around it in the workplace and in our society. Dawn is very proud to be part of the MHFA community and becoming an approved Adult MHFA instructor.

LMC (leadership and management) Health and Social care

NVQ Level 4 Health and social care

B-TEC Supervisory management level 3

NVQ D32/D33 (NVQ Assessors Award)

Level 3 Award in Education and training

Adult Mental Health First Aid Instructor – Two Day

Our Mental Health Training

In House Group Training

We offer a wide range of courses aimed at groups up to 16 people, courses range from half day (3hrs), full day (6hrs) and two day courses. Two half day courses can be combined to run as a full day if required.

We are flexible and can provide training at weekends and evenings to suit customer’s needs.

Bespoke Courses

Designing bespoke training tailored to you is at the centre of our business.

We will listen to you and get to the heart of what’s happening in your business, having agreed the priority areas to be tackled with you, we’ll design a training programme to address them.

Open Courses

As requested by our clients. We now offer a range of open course. This can be cost effective with specialists and managerial training.

Please contact us for future dates.

“We have many physical first aiders at WHSmith, who are all trained to help colleagues in the event of something like a heart attack – but what happens if a colleague is having a panic attack? One in six employees suffer mental health issues, so it’s increasingly important that we have first aid provision for mental health too.”

Alison Garbutt,Head of Strategic ProjectsWHSmith

Our mental health training sessions

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